A slam dunk afternoon!
Seen here is the MBE basketball team after they took on the MBE teachers. A close game was played, with eager fans cheering on both sides. A slam dunk fun afternoon! Front row, left to right: Rockie Kampman, Jade Hayward-Edmonds, Matt Cadden, Harrison Fenwick, Seth Bafaro, Bailey deGroot, Malachi Martin. Back row, left to right: Conner McCabe, Eleanor...
Science rules in Laurie Henshaw’s Grade 4/5 Class
By David F. Rooney The students in Laurie Henshaw’s Grade 4/5 class at Mountain View School showed off their scientific expertise Wednesday with an interesting and entertaining science fair. Here are some of the kids and their great experiements: Sarah Carey talks about how she used food dyes to help white carnations change colour. While she says,...
Cutting a cake to celebrate life-long learning
Megan Shandro cuts a cake to kick off the life-long learning project at Okanagan College. “There are so many opportunities to learn new things,” she said in an interview. The things people strive to learn could be school-based or community-based. They can be skills or knowledge they acquire on their own or with others. If you regard yourself as...
Life-long learning adds verve to your existence
Are you a life-long learner? If you are, then Okanagan College's Megan Shandro wants to hear from you! David F. Rooney photo March 24 – April 1 is International Adult Learners’ Week and Okanagan College’s Megan Shandro wants to know how many life-long learners there are in Revelstoke. Shandro would “like to pose the question ‘What...
Cameron McTaggart’s “A Forest of Love” wins third place in provincial contest
Cameron McTaggart shows off his winning poem "A Forest of Love." Photo and caption by Simon Brittin By Amelia Brown National Forest Week is all about celebrating our forests and what they mean to us. National Forest Week was from September 18 to 24. The Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association offered a contest to students in grades...
Finding the best foods for your table
By David F. Rooney The 22 kids in Laurie Henshaw’s Grade 4/5 class at Mountain View Elementary had a unique experience Thursday when they visited Cooper’s Foods for a Revelstoke Farm to Table Store Tour created by Hailey Ross, coordinator of the North Columbia Environmental Society. The children were split into four groups and challenged...
A Mount Begbie Elementary Math Fair
On Tuesday at Mount Begbie Elementary, the Grade 5/6 class hosted a Math Fair for their peers in the Grade 3/4 classroom. Students created non-linear problems and manipulative to challenge young minds! Lots of learning and fun was had by all! Here is a small selection of photos from that event: Daryin Cameron and Lauren Channell work out a Sudoku-like...
Shan Jorgenson-Adam named as new school’s first principal
Shan Jorgenson-Adam Shan Jorgenson-Adam, one of the most popular principals employed by School District 19 has been appointed to become the first principal of the new — and as-yet un-named — elementary school. “Based on Shan’s previous eight years of service in the district, at both Columbia Park and Mount Begbie Elementary Schools and...
Striking teachers garnering support
Striking teachers are garnering support from all over the place — even, it seems, from abroad. This is a banner that a group of teachers in Mexico created and took to the Embassy of Canada in Mexico City. They also delivered a letter to the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City calling on the provincial government to recognize and follow the Conventions...
Not quite singin’ in the rain
Teachers on strike across the city kept smiling despite the rain on Monday. Wednesday is, for now, the last day of their three-day strike. David F. Rooney photo By David F. Rooney They weren’t quite singin’ in the rain, but local teachers on strike this week managed to keep smiling — and cheering when passing cars honked in support —...
